Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To speed up the progress of or execute quickly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cleared of impediments; unobstructed; unimpeded; unencumbered.
- Ready; quick; expeditious.
- To remove impediments to the movement or progress of; accelerate the motion or progress of; hasten; quicken: as, the general sent orders to expedite the march of the army; artificial heat may expedite the growth of plants.
- To despatch; send forth; issue officially.
- Synonyms To speed, forward, advance, press on, press forward, urge on, urge forward, drive, push.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free of impediment; unimpeded.
- adjective Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.
- transitive verb To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken.
- transitive verb To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
accelerate theprogress of. - verb transitive To
perform (a task)fast andefficiently .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb process fast and efficiently
- verb speed up the progress of; facilitate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Now Biedenbach, after he left Glen Ellen, had invented a most powerful explosive -- 'expedite' he called it.
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We'll try to track how well they "expedite" the planned construction of this "part of the world".
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We'll try to track how well they "expedite" the planned construction of this "part of the world".
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The Complaint stems around Cammarano's relationship with an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate agent, in which in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in cash, the Hoboken mayor, if elected, would help "expedite" his developments in as rapid a manner as possible.
Derek Beres: Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano Gets Ground Into Powder 2009
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The SEC is also trying to "expedite" the process for the enforcement director to seek immunity deals for certain individuals from the Justice Department during joint investigations, and for ways that the SEC can alert individuals at the beginning of investigations as to whether they are subjects or targets of the probe.
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Khalifa was motivated to talk but Jamie Gorelick, then acting AG sent an 'expedite' letter to deport him.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Attorney General contender carries 9/11 related baggage 2008
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Khalifa was motivated to talk but Jamie Gorelick, then acting AG sent an "expedite" letter to deport him. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Attorney General contender carries 9/11 related baggage 2008
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Then she made me promise to not kill them tonight – I explained there was no reason to ‘expedite’ them I only 'expedite' men!
Archive 2008-11-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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One was sent by an FOIA clerk to Tamposi's office on Sept. 18 marked "expedite," a less-than-urgent notation.
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Their most recent failure: refusal to ever "expedite" consideration of PFOA, the stuff of Teflon which a panel of U.S.
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